Published May 5, 2016 at 4:21 PM | Updated at 5:04 PM PDT on May 5, 2016

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Owners of a vegan restaurant chain have started eating meat — and are being accused of murder by shocked activists.

According to NY Daily News, Cafe Gratitude owners Matthew and Terces Engelhart have been getting death threats since revealing that they now not only eat meat, but slaughter cattle on their farm for food.

In 2011, Cafe Gratitude was the subject of an East Bay Express ("I Am Annoyed and Disappointed") exposé featuring disgruntled former employees who said they were terminated for not attending the Landmark Forum training program.

The following year, the Engelharts settled a lawsuit over labor practices brought by former employees out of court that triggered the first Bay Area closures.